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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Theodore W. Barber, Belmont, CA (US);
Jeff W. Sand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vans, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Abstract
A dual action buckle ( ) which employs a cable tightening action and a strap tensioning action to tighten two separate portions of a boot, notably a snowboard boot ( ). Thus, the boot ( ) may be tightened around the foot and/or particular functionalities of the boot ( ) may be engaged to a preset condition with one simple buckle closing action. During rest periods when the applied tightening and/or functionalities are not needed, they may be deactivated with one simple buckle opening action, giving relief to the foot, greater ease of walking, etc. The invention includes a primary lever ( ), a secondary lever pivotally connected to the primary lever ( ) and a pulley ( ). The pulley ( ) acts to double the cable retraction action of the secondary lever ( ). This allows the dual action buckle ( ) to be made much smaller than would otherwise be the case.